be sunk in

Meaning

1. be sunk in sth

   to be in a state of unhappiness or deep thought

   She just sat there, sunk in thought.

In the movies · 1

• I hope we're right. I have everything I own sunk in this.You Can't Take It with You1938
• Well, that's it. We're sunk.The Blind Side2009
• We're sunk. We're doomed.We Bought a Zoo2011
• The first time we tested the shark, it sunk.Spielberg2017
• I sunk my own money in this promotion.Dinner in America2020
• And Wall Street is sunk.Cinderella Man2005
• We'll be lucky to flip this tree for half of what we've sunk into it.Fantastic Mr. Fox2009
• Well, for the younger ones, I think it hasn't really sunk in yet.The Pacifier2005

Learn it in full scenes

• You Can't Take It with You1938
  • Kirby Plans the Munitions Monopoly
  • Poppins Becomes a Lily of the Field
  • A Day in the Sycamore House
• Spielberg2017
  • Spielberg Hides the Shark
  • Spielberg Takes the Camera
  • Spielberg Gets His Universal Contract

From the same entry

• deserting a sinking ship
• sink your differences
• a sinking feeling
• sink or swim
• sink so low
• heart sinks
• sink in
• sink into
• sink into
• everything but the kitchen sink